Families came back to assess the damage to their homes Saturday after Friday night's tornado touched down in Miami County, Kansas.

Families came back to assess the damage to their homes Saturday after Friday night's tornado touched down in Miami County, Kansas.

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Updated: 6:31 AM CDT Sep 20, 2015

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WEBVTT KMBC 9'S BRIAN JOHNSON IS THERE. BRIAN: FAMILY AND A SUPPORT SYSTEM IS KEY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HOME WHICH WAS LEVELED. THIS WAS A BEDROOM. YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF IS COMPLETELY GONE. STUFF IS ALL OVER THE FLOOR. LOOK AT THE MAIN LIVING AREA -- YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE BACK OF THE HOME. THE FAMILY YEAR HAS THREE KIDS, TWO ADULTS. THEY SAID THEY HAD NO WARNING. THE FATHER WAS WORKING IN THE BACKYARD. HE CAME IN AND THE DOOR FLEW OPEN, HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. THEY REALIZED WHAT IT WAS AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HARROWING OF AN EXPERIENCE IT WAS. HE YELLED AT HIS FAMILY TO GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. TODAY, THEY ARE VERY SHOCKED ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA. THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL HOMES AROUND THE AREA THAT WAS HIT BY THE TORNADO. TODAY, WE SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY ACROSS THE STREET AND THEIR HOME IS ALSO DESTROYED. THE GOODART FAMILY WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN A TORNADO HIT THEIR HOME. IT'S NERVE-WRACKING, FEAR AND ALL THAT. WHAT CAN YOU DO? EVERYBODY'S SAFE AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING. BRIAN: THEIR ROOF IS GONE, THE GARAGE BLOWN OUT. THEIR HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS. YOU ALWAYS SEE IT ON TV EVERY YEAR. SOMEBODY GETTING HIT BY A TORNADO AND IT'S LIKE, DANG, THIS TIME IT'S REALLY US. IT TOOK A WHILE TO SINK IN. BRIAN: BROKEN WINDOWS NOW COVER THE FLOOR INSIDE, YET TWO GLASS CHINA CABINETS WERE UNTOUCHED. THERE'S A PIECE OF GLASS STABBING THE WALL RIGHT NEXT TO THIS ONE. AND THESE CEDAR BRANCHES, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CEDAR TREE. THEY ARE ALL FROM ACROSS THE ROAD. BRIAN: THE NEIGHBOR'S SHOP ROOFING IS EVERYWHERE. 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS ROLLED THIS PROPANE TANK 20 FEET. WE HAD A SHED OVER HERE AND THE POLARIS WAS IN IT. THE SHED'S GONE AND THE POLARIS OBVIOUSLY ROLLED OUT HERE. BRIAN: A SIX BY SIX SUPPORT BEAM BROKE A HOLE THROUGH THIS BRICK WALL. STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WALL. BRIAN: THE GOODARTS ARE THANKFUL NO ONE WAS HURT. IT WAS DEFINITELY A MIRACLE THAT WE WEREN'T HERE AND MY BROTHER WASN'T HERE. BRIAN: THEY SAY MONEY CAN FIX EVERYTHING ELSE. THANK GOD EVERYBODY'S SAFE. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING. BRIAN: THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME WHILE THEY WERE WITH THEIR INSURANCE. THIS FAMILY WILL BE STAYING WITH FAMILY AS THEY TRIED TO COPE WITH THE EMOTIONAL STRESS AS

Families assess damage after Miami County tornado

Families came back to assess the damage to their homes Saturday after Friday night's tornado touched down in Miami County, Kansas.